About this role
Job summary
Are you ambitious to deliver high-quality, family-friendly care? Can you make a difference to the lives of babies and their families? Newborn Hearing Screening, which is a UKAS accredited service, is looking to recruit a Chief Newborn Hearing Screener to join the team.
As a qualified Newborn Hearing Screener, you will use your clinical skills to support the early detection of hearing loss, alongside your leadership skills to support and assist in management of the service. Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust delivers Newborn Hearing Screening across four acute hospital locations and multiple outpost clinics therefore the post holder will need to be able to travel between sites, so a driving license and access to a car is also essential.
Main duties of the job
As a Chief Screener your role will bring a mix of regular clinical work and leadership/management duties. You will have a signficant role in training and assessing the screening team, including being responsible for training new staff and supporting them to complete the Level 3 Health Screeners Diploma and the External Competency Assessment, as well as undertaking annual competency assessments for existing staff.
You will be able to develop your leadership and management skills, overseeing staff rota's, assisting with sickness absence management and undertaking staff personal development reviews. You will be accessible to help support staff with trouble shooting and day-to-day management queries, escalating any matters to the Head of Newborn Hearing Screening as necessary. You will have a compassionate and respectful approach, which helps sustain an engaged team and boosts team morale.
Other responsibilities include managing maintenance/calibration of equipment, managing relevant screening databases and quality monitoring against national targets. Liasion with maternity/neonatal/audiology/health visitors is essential.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description Job responsibilities
Applicants must have experience of working as a Newborn Hearing Screener within the NHS, as well as experience of training, supervision, administration and IT in a public facing role. Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills are required. A recognised assessors award is desirable, or must be completed upon starting to be able to carry out the required duties.
The post holders main base is City Health Campus but regular visits to sites and off site clinics are required. Our band 5 roles are part of our NHSP management team and act as a lead for named sites on a rotational basis, as well as providing support for other sites as needed. The successful post-holder must therefore be willing and able to travel to all four sites, and clinics, to carry out essential site based duties such as health and safety, environment checks, equipment maintenance, competency assessments and site meetings. Meetings and trainings are held in various locations, including City Health Campus, Sandwell Health Campus and Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, as well as on some occurring online.
For further information about this post, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Relevant experience working within NHS Demonstrable administration / audit experience Working with computers including email, MS Office and internet Caring for babies / infants Working with the general public Relevant experience of supervision/ training of juniors / team
Qualifications Essential
GCSE English and Mathematics (Grade C or above) Assessors Award (D32/D33 or A1 or L3 CAVA (Units 1,2,3) or equivalent Internal Quality Assurance Award (D34 or V1 or L4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice (Units 4,5) NHSP Qualification - Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners, or equivalent
Desirable
NVQ4 in Business Administration or equivalent experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address SWB NHS Trust-City Health Campus
Dudley Road
Birmingham
B18 7QH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)